does perl support inheritance?

for example, i have a container class

mat::User

which basically just contains a set of attributes(first,last)/getters and setters

and i have another class

mat::Session

which does authentication with a XML based api. i want to create a

mat::Session::User

that has functions that are added to the 'mat::User' that can only be accessed if you have a valid Session.

a sample use case would be

my $x=mat::User->new{first=>'foo', last=>'bar'};
mat::Session::User->create($x);

where the 'create' method uses the XML api to create a user 'foo bar' using the already authenticated mat::Session... mat::Session::User would need to inherit mat::Session as well as mat::User.

In reply to Perl Module Inheritance by true_atlantis

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